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Former University of Iowa Employee Charged with Selling UI Laptops

By Adam Dodge - Posted on December 30th, 2008

Quick Facts

Date: 12/30/2008
Institution: University of Iowa
Type of Incident: Employee Fraud
Number Affected: Unknown
Source: ESI
Abstract Source: Press-Citizen

Abstract
A former University of Iowa employee has been charged with stealing UI laptops and selling them to the general public. According to the complaint, Charles Martin Reed had stolen and sold five university laptops. Reed was a former employee in the UI Surplus office which is responsible for selling used university equipment to the public. It is not known if these five laptops contained were sanitized before Reed allegedly sold them.

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